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  • 29 Days: Maya Angelou

    29 Days: Maya Angelou

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  • Heating problems close library

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer       With temperature dropping to the teens outside, warmth was nowhere to be found in the Hillsborough Public Library Monday.    The library was forced to close at about 11 a.m. after its new heating system broke, according to library officials.    The balancing of the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system was…

  • Norman I. Agin

    Longtime Princeton resident     Norman I. Agin of Princeton died Saturday at New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. He was 70.    Born in Cleveland, Mr. Agin was a resident of Princeton for over 40 years.    He previously served as CEO of Decision Technology Inc., vice president of Martin Marietta Data Systems and senior vice…

  • ‘Fool’s Gold’

    This isn’t a romantic comedy at all. It’s a herky-jerky action-adventure story that uses a romance run aground to set the overstuffed plot in motion. By Elise Nakhnikian    UNLIKE that perpetually intense pingpong player in the Movie Fone ad, I’m usually in the mood for just about any kind of movie. But lately, after an…

  • Registration time for first-graders

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    MONROE — First-grade registration for Monroe Township schools is set for next month and school officials have some tips for parents who’re anxious about their child’s readiness for the first day of school in September.    ”The first time a child heads off to school can be a scary time for…

  • Hughes to discuss county budget Wednesday

    Public is invited    Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes will present a preliminary overview of the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 budget during a double meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders at 6 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 13) in Room 211 of the County Administration Building, 640 S. Broad St., Trenton.    Mr. Hughes’ annual informal address will…

  • ‘In Bruges’

    Like other British films set among lower-class criminals, the characters are endearingly human and writer-director Martin McDonagh’s script is bright and clever. By Bob Brown ONE of the running gags in Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh’s fiendishly funny film is how boring Belgium is. As the head hit man Harry (Ralph Fiennes) remarks to one of…

  • Fire Department dinner-dance

       The Lambertville Fire Department’s annual dinner dance will be held Saturday, March 22, at the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad.    The event is open to the public at a cost of $30 per ticket, which includes an open bar, roast beef dinner, a short awards ceremony and dancing to the music of 519 South.…

  • 29 Days: Charles W. Chesnutt

    29 Days: Charles W. Chesnutt

    “Let not the shining thread of hope become so enmeshed in the web of circumstances that we lose sight of it.” —Charles W. Chesnutt, novelist, (1858-1932) Source: African American Quotations by Richard Newman, Checkmark Books, an imprint of Facts on File, Inc., New York, N.Y., copyright 2002